Spiritual Teachings With Shunyamurti

Shunyamurti sheds light on the spiritual journey from the perspectives of Hindu mythology and Lacanian psychoanalysis, metaphorically weaving them into an understanding of the three registers of consciousness (the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real) that ultimately must be recognized as an infinite pillar of light.

Shunyamurti reads from Hongzhi’s “Cultivating the Empty Field”, noting that most of these teachings are not understood by the postmodern ego because of its fragmentation and anxiety, but if one can gain distance from thinking, and maintain a cool, dry mind, we can move from sensory intensity to supersensory intensity and recover our infinite imagination.

On the opening night of the Meditation Weekend, Shunyamurti defines Sat Yoga as union with the Real, the Supreme Intelligence that is Sat Chit Ananda. He uses the terms imaginary, symbolic and real to further clarify that this path, through meditation, will lead one to discover what is real and unreal, if one is willing to use the wisdom (gyana) gained to withdraw from the unreal and return to the Real.

In this seminar teaching, Shunyamurti offers an imaginative illustration - the one-way mirror stage  - to create an example that all egos identify with: You’re in a room as a bodily self, full of BS, and you’re constantly being bombarded by all kinds of programmed messaging - inter-personal, cultural, intra-mental. But in the room, there is a one-way mirror, and the Real Self is on the other side, unattainable and still, the key to understanding the enigma of who you are. 

In this teaching, Shunyamurti explains that one must sacrifice the inner child - to release the childish ego that refuses to grow up as a result of one’s karma and one’s willingness to remain a victim - in order to gain the capacities of adulthood necessary to become a community of fearless beings based in divine love that can overcome death and transform the world.

How does one reach a higher level of sanity in this world system? In this teaching, Shunymaurti asks one to determine if one is in Self-rule or ego-rule, because if one wants to be in a state of sanity, one must relinquish the system run by egos and run to God. Since all egos are insane, ego-death is the only sane option, Self-realization the only sane state, so don't let the ego rule your life! 

In this New year's Eve teaching from 2017, Shunyamurti explains that at this unique moment in time, it is particularly important for yogis to recognize that dharma is the key to avoiding bad karma - a practice of humility and purity is essential to deliver oneself from suffering and to assist in delivering the world from its suffering. The world's karmic debt is now due, and it is every yogis' responsibility to become an agent of healing and peace on this Earth as it undergoes this next series of karmic events - but this is only possible if we have become free and pure by passing through the gates of own transformation with courage, faith, and truthfulness. 

How can one be karma free? In this teaching, Shunyamurti gives a reminder that here and now, all are the unborn Self, which has dreamed the soul vehicle, the body, and the ego, with the power to choose karma or choose bliss. So choose to release your karmic burdens and the ego to which they belong, and live as the blissful Self in the karma-free festival of joy!